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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William T. Cummings

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

San Francisco, California

Honored By

Terry MacDonald

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

FIRST LIEUTENANT. SERVED WITH THE CHAPLAIN CORPS. SERVED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. CAPTURED WHEN AMERICAN FORCES SURRENDERED IN 1942. INTERNED AS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR AT SEVERAL SLAVE LABOR CAMPS. KILLED WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED ON A JAPANESE HELL SHIP THAT WAS TORPEDOED BY THE U.S. NAVY.